Daily News Mail - News of 15/05/2015

Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994
Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to stop female foeticides and arrest the declining sex ratio in India. The act banned prenatal sex determination.

India sex-ratio in 2011 - 940
India sex-ratio in 2001 - 933

India Child sex-ratio in 2011 - 918
India Child sex-ratio in 2001 - 927

List of the States and Union territories of India ranked in order of sex ratio :

Rank	State	Sex Ratio 2011	Sex Ratio 2001	Sex Ratio Change 2001 to 2011
1	Kerala	1,084	1,058	+26
2	Puducherry (2011) Pondicherry (2001)	1,038	1,001	+37
3	Tamil Nadu	995	986	+9
4	Andhra Pradesh	992	978	+14
5	Chhattisgarh	991	990	+1
6	Manipur	987	978	+9
7	Meghalaya	986	975	+11
8	Odisha (2011) Orissa (2001)	978	972	+6
9	Mizoram	975	938	+37
10	Himachal Pradesh	974	970	+4
11	Karnataka	968	964	+4
12	Goa	968	960	+8
13	Uttarakhand (2011) Uttaranchal (2001)	963	964	-1
14	Tripura	961	950	+11
15	Assam	954	932	+22
16	Lakshadweep	946	947	-1
17	Jharkhand	947	941	+6
18	West Bengal	947	934	+13
19	Nagaland	931	909	+22
20	Madhya Pradesh	930	920	+10
21	Rajasthan	926	922	+4
22	Maharashtra	925	922	+3
23	Arunachal Pradesh	920	901	+19
24	Gujarat	918	921	-3
25	Bihar	916	921	-5
26	Uttar Pradesh	908	898	+10
27	Punjab	893	874	+19
28	Sikkim	889	875	+14
29	Jammu & Kashmir	883	900	-17
30	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	878	846	+32
31	Haryana	877	861	+16
32	Delhi	866	821	+45
33	Chandigarh	818	773	+45
34	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	775	811	-36
35	Daman & Diu	618	709	-91
*	Total average	943	933	+10

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